Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement II?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: It is a matter of common experience that ice floats at water.
Statement II: Howsoever large the size of ice may be it will not sink.
Statement III: Even icebergs which are huge masses of ice continuing floating in the sea.
Statement IV: Do you know _________________?                                         

  1. Comma required after ‘ice’.

  2. Comma required after ‘be’.

  3. Semicolon required after ‘be’.

  4. ‘May be’ not required.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

There is a slight break or pause in the sentence after 'be', therefore, a comma will have to be used here.

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